💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clockstar"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| clock starnoun | Alternative form of clockstar. [(astronomy) A bright star with precisely known right ascension, used for determining the error of clocks used to time meridian transits] |
| guide starnoun | (astronomy) A reference star that is used to maintain the alignment and tracking of a telescope (as the Earth rotates) |
| reference starnoun | (astronomy) A star whose identity, position and magnitude are accurately known. |
| standard starnoun | (astronomy) Synonym of reference star. |
| guiding starnoun | A star used as a navigation reference |
| shell starnoun | (astronomy) A rapidly-rotating star that has an equatorial circumstellar disc of gas |
| star trackernoun | A navigational device which measures the angular separation of stars with reference to a known time and place in order to achieve precise navigation. |
| astrocompassnoun | A form of compass in which the direction is evaluated by sighting stars of a known position. |
| fixed starnoun | (astronomy) A star whose movement cannot be seen from Earth. |
| astrotrackernoun | star tracker |
| lodestarnoun | (figurative) A guiding tenet or principle. |
| starrisenoun | (astronomy) The time of day or night when a given star appears above the horizon. |
| starnoun | Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense. |
| starspotnoun | (astronomy) The equivalent of a sunspot on another star. |
| field starnoun | (astronomy) A star that does not belong to a star cluster |
| evening starnoun | (astronomy) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening. |
| pole starnoun | (figuratively) A person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide; a guiding light; also, something which attracts much attention; a centre of attention. |
| lode starnoun | (astronomy) Synonym of North Star, particularly Polaris, the most used lodestar in the northern hemisphere for the last 1500 years. |
| polestarnoun | Alternative form of pole star. [(astronomy) The star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.] |
| stardustnoun | (figuratively) Something imaginary or lacking substance. |
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